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Old 17th August 2012
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Originally Posted by sw2wolf View Post
The following is output of dmesg(Both `shutdown -ph` and `halt -p` donot power down the box)
So, sw2wolf, do you know what the diff(1) utility does?

Here is your assignment:
  1. Power down the system using shutdown -ph now.
  2. Boot the system, & save the output of dmesg(8).
  3. Power down the system using halt -p.
  4. Boot the system, & save the output of dmesg(8).
  5. diff(1) the two dmesg(8) outputs against each other.
  6. Post the output of running diff(1) on these two files.
  7. Explain what the output means.

Last edited by ocicat; 17th August 2012 at 03:44 AM. Reason: add clarity
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